Tea & A with Sister Ai: Tea Farmer Answers YOUR Tea Questions!

[@chesterfieldtales1340]

I love Sister Ai- her gentleness is regal, I love her dress and I loved the entire interview. Thank you both, always.

[@angelo8424]

I'm glad Sister Ai validated that it's ok for me to like my Asian grocery store Jasmine tea, when I don't feel like taking the time to make one of my Puerh's or Liu Bao.

[@UndergroundHound]

I love her answers, no elitism at all.

[@Mugipiano]

14:58 The silent fight of trying to have your cup be the lowest

[@SablePixelAdventures]

I noticed that too 😂

[@just_limerence]

If she keeps making great tea, I guess we’re just going to have to keep buying it from her! Thank you Sister Ai, as well as Duidui, Wu Kai, Yunqing, all of the JTH team, and everyone involved in helping us Westerners enjoy gongfu cha!

[@NoraBellerose-m3t]

By sheer coincidence. I am drinking her every day ancient tree red tea while watching the video.

[@saber1epee0]

The every day tea sits on a little stand at my office desk. I regret that I can't actually have it every day, but when I want it its always there

[@therealhellkitty5388]

Sister Ai is such a lovely person. Please thank her for me for her dedication to tea knowledge, perfection and kindness. I appreciate her comments and your dedication to bringing tea culture to all of us.

[@Psysium]

Oh my goodness I LOVED this interview! I want to embody Sister Ai's energy. Just let people like what they like! It warms my heart.

[@Eyes_Unclouded]

Just in time for tea time 😁

[@thunderchant]

I’ve been waiting for this! Thank you so much Sister Ai, we ❤ you

[@AnthonyTheFallen5189]

She is an absolute treasure. Needs to be protected at all cost. You can tell her love and passion.

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

Yesss her teas are so clean even without a filter! So good

[@saber1epee0]

Absolutely amazing stories and so beautiful to hear her talk about tea being for everyone according to their tastes

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

Yesssss SISTER AI!!! Her tea will forever be worth it

[@SablePixelAdventures]

If you can, beg her to make larger cakes of the Thousand-Year Tree Wild Red Tea. It is my absolute favorite and I can never get enough of it!

[@SablePixelAdventures]

also, she has such a wonderful, soothing voice--I almost could have drifted off to sleep listening to her talk about the unique/special tea she had

[@Chfifkvkvkxkck]

I’d be so happy to go there and do that!!! That’s amazing! Good for you! Beautiful tea, beautiful people, mountains. Sounds like heaven to me. Can’t wait for my sampler!!!!!

[@DNS-FRANK09]

This was cool ❤ I learned you can cook with tea which is cool 😎

[@NovaMaddux]

This was such a wonderful experience to watch, thank you!

[@prerenderedfmv]

Hey Jesse! I received two of Sister Ai's "Everyday" Red Tea cakes and a portable two-cup travel set for Christmas. I am astounded by the quality of both! I use the tea set daily and have pretty much started drinking all my tea (bagged and loose) with it. The Red Tea in itself is wonderful and I slowly have been chipping away at it. Thank you for providing a service that allows people like me to have access to high-quality tea from smaller/independent venues that otherwise would be difficult to purchase outside of China. You do great work!! : - )

[@diageesen4468]

I loved this video!! It was super neat to get Sister Ai's insights, i hope in the future there are more videos like this one

[@flourite93]

Thank you Jesse and Sister Ai! Best regards from Malaysia!

[@cloudssoup7024]

Such interesting tips! Never thought about using a ceramic pot for only certain types of tea or pouring straight into the fairness vessel

[@abramudvardi9148]

I just got a bag of yerba mate. I was wonder your thoughts on that tea, and how would you drink it?

[@Billzor991]

Drank her every day raw that I got! Really awesome seeing her talk about this stuff, I love how chill she is lmao

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

Yeahhhhh my youngest nephew loves drinking tea! He’s not even two, which sounded super young to me, but my friend’s kid is even younger and has been drinking tea for even longer! Makes me wish I was exposed to good tea as a kid.

[@appelflap420]

What a wise woman ❤️

[@mysticthecatninja]

I loveeee sister ai she is so cool

[@coldfire4423]

So cool!

[@Cnzcia]

Thank you sister Ai!

[@exponentialagroforestryini4381]

Love the episodes in Chinese!!! As someone who’s learning Chinese I love being able to listen!! (^з^)-☆

[@V-V1875-h]

really interesting interview with sister Ai!

[@liamlaney7509]

The legend.

[@Ferrastar]

Have you done a video on the different types of clay teapots at all?

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

I want her every day teas so badlyyyyy. I have to re-up on the QianJiaZhai classics too!

[@xavierlarrazabal4575]

I think she’s right 100%

[@JetRaveDropTheBass]

Hey just a question just trying to get into teaism and saw your first two videos about it trying to learn about the last teas you meant to talk about in part 2.Are we getting a part 3 anytime soon?

[@grampaelmo]

Now we need a video of you stewing ribs in tea!

[@baiyunteahouse]

When I get home, I'm going to make one and show you. It's delicious

[@grampaelmo]

@ please do!

[@baiyunteahouse]

@@grampaelmo No problem. Please keep an eye on me

[@TheKaisernx]

Future Question - How do you describes a tea's Cha Qi, and how do you deal with Raw Puerhs that have a particularly strong effect? Do you just utilize a few brews and save it for later?

[@Htonartnomed]

Tea & A 😏

[@kolaloh]

Thanks for the awesome video! Have a question I'm not sure how to ask "correctly", what ethnicity is Sister Ai? I noticed the clothes she's wearing and they look like they have a story to it and may be from one of Yunnan's minority groups? Separately, I'm also curious if the different 民族 have their own tea subcultures and if they do how they interact with the wider tea culture within China.

[@Peasant_of_Pontus]

Based on the area she's either Yi, Hani or Lahu

[@pate7179]

Did you just slide in casual tna joke in the beginning 😂😂😂

[@jdotoz]

I know you specialize in the more relaxing gongfu experience, but is there a travel mug out there that you could keep the leaves in and just keep refilling without oversteeping?

[@baiyunteahouse]

We do have these cups. They're layered. It's easy to travel

[@jdotoz]

@ Do you have a place I could buy one?

[@baiyunteahouse]

@@jdotoz Of course, you can pay attention to me.

[@alexanderhenrich4657]

Her dress is so beautiful! What's her ethnicity?

[@Jedapoo]

❤

[@januszmuhlmann4303]

sister Ai not only cookin tea

[@kyosukeplays]

I give everyone Oolong tea. You know that TenRen 103 tea? Also that Sunflower Jasmine tea. There are no wrong answers on those two in my opinion; only if they don't know how to brew it.

[@pimpinatorgator2964]

How will tea prices be affected by trump tariffs

[@anji2358]

I have a question! I bought some of your puerh tea oranges and I was expecting something very nice and earthy but it came out musty. I’ve only had it for a couple days. Is there something wrong with the tea or could I just be steeping it wrong?

[@HuanAi-ty1ed]

If it is raw Pu'er, you can pack the tea leaves in a clean, sealed and dry place and forget about it. It will taste better next year. Don't throw it away.

[@jolanwuyts1670]

in tea enthousiast circles people say that 'tea doesn't like to travel'. Keep your tea stored at home for about 2-3 weeks and then try it out again, once it has settled in the temperature and humidity of where you live, it will taste different.

[@BraxtonShaheel22]

Potentially controversial question. I enjoy light eating when I have tea. What are some appropriate or well paired snacks for gongfu tea?

[@baiyunteahouse]

Nuts, like peanuts

[@naturescall2002]

Sister Ai is so sweet and gentle, like the Oolong and white teas that I will always drink. Puehr is sadly not my taste at all

[@upsidedownbagofflour697]

How did Sister Ai learn the tree is over 1000 years old? From what little I've read online, I got the impression that it's hard to verify a tree is over a few hundred years old from historical records, and trees appraised as over 1000 years old are strictly protected. Only a few farmers pick a few kilograms of leaves a year from them, and their finished tea sells for the equivalent of thousands of dollars, often at charity auctions supporting local causes. Yet here Sister Ai's saying she's got 1000-year old tea and Jesse's presenting it like it's not an extremely big deal, cheaper than the "super-super-super high-end stuff". It's not even that much more than the everyday red tea. So what knowledge am I missing? Is the threshold for extremely limited high-priced pickings even higher than 1000 years, and 1000 years can still be affordable? Do I just have the wrong idea about limited supply entirely? Is only a portion of the leaves from the 1000-year tree? I'd love to get a better picture on how picking the ancient trees works, any protections they have and how their age is determined. If it's remotely possible to actually show the 1000-year tree that'd be a killer video!

[@navienslavement]

Jesse is a grifter that sells taobao stuff at a hefty mark-up, it's not impossible that he uses collaborators that also engage in embellishment to sell stuff

[@v2vlzefuzfrlyufkzgljda299]

There is no way the leaves actually come from 1000 year old trees at that price point. There is a more than 1000 year old tea tree in Bangwai, which is only harvested once per year under government supervision and the fresh leaves from that tree cost about 8 - 9 thousand USD per kg.

[@Ruirspirul]

i was looking at her, thinking who does she remind me of.. and than it hit me! Obama! she is like a long distance relative of Mr president!

[@jacobjankowski4250]

Started watching a channel called Sorted Foods. They reviewed the tea resins!!! Love to see more people finding Jesse's Teahouse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnjadqFoftqcm8Usi=M-fuGCWbpFx0Mncl